A field-cycling NMR study of nematic 4-pentyl-4′-cyanobiphenyl confined in porous glasses

The proton spin-lattice relaxation time T1, in the nematic liquid crystal 4-pentyl-4′-cyanobiphenyl confined in a glassy porous matrix has been measured in a wide Larmor frequency range of 1 · 102−2 · 107 Hz employing the fast field-cycling NMR technique. A strong influence of the restricted geometr...

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Published in:Applied magnetic resonance 1998-12, Vol.15 (3-4), p.363-381
Main Authors: Terekhov, M. V., Dvinskikh, S. V., Privalov, A. F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Crystal lattices
Cycles
Frequency ranges
Liquid crystals
Molecular motion
Nematic crystals
NMR
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Pore size
Porous media
Relaxation time
Spin-lattice relaxation
Surface layers
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Summary:The proton spin-lattice relaxation time T1, in the nematic liquid crystal 4-pentyl-4′-cyanobiphenyl confined in a glassy porous matrix has been measured in a wide Larmor frequency range of 1 · 102−2 · 107 Hz employing the fast field-cycling NMR technique. A strong influence of the restricted geometry on the character of the T1 dispersion was found. Our investigation clearly demonstrates the importance of the translationally induced molecular reorientations in inhomogeneous director field for the relaxation in the samples with 200 and 80 nm mean pore size. The experimental results are in a good agreement with the theoretical predictions. In the sample with 7 nm pore size the main contribution to the relaxation is ascribed to the slowing down of the molecular motion in the near-surface layer. Zero-field 1H NMR spectra of a microconfined liquid crystal are reported for the first time.
ISSN:0937-9347
1613-7507
DOI:10.1007/BF03162022